PESKY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PESKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PESKY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PESKY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PESKY
No single letter turns PESKY into another word.
How PESKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PESKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does PESKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Annoying and persistently troublesome.
Pesky describes something small but irritating that keeps interfering, such as an insect, a minor problem or a nagging detail. The tone is light rather than harsh, often used half-jokingly about a nuisance that is not truly serious. It appears frequently in casual American speech and older storytelling.
How PESKY is used
Informal and mildly humorous in tone, used for minor irritations rather than serious problems.
- A pesky fly kept buzzing around the picnic table.
- The pesky printer jammed again right before the deadline.
- He couldn't shake the pesky feeling that he had forgotten something.
- That pesky gate never stays closed on its own.
- She swatted at the pesky mosquito hovering near her ear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PESKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PESKY
The 5 tiles of PESKY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PESKY
Common questions about PESKY
- Is PESKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PESKY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PESKY worth?
- PESKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PESKY mean?
- Annoying and persistently troublesome.
- What letters can be added to PESKY?
- No single letter can be added to PESKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PESKY:
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